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 : Essentials of Human Communication (6th Edition)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.2
EAN: 9780205491469
Edition: 6
ISBN: 0205491464
Label: Allyn & Bacon
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 388
Publication Date: February 12, 2007
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Studio: Allyn & Bacon




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Product Description:
Essentials of Human Communication fills the need for a brief, interesting, but serious text that places a strong focus on skill development. In-text features and the text itself highlight the application of human communication skills to the real world and to the workplace. This top-selling text presents the fundamental skills of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, emphasizing the areas of human communication skills, cultural awareness, listening, critical thinking, ethics, power and empowerment, media literacy, and computer-mediated communication.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Should be scrapped from any schools canon
This is simply a pathetic textbook. Why is a book on communication written by only one man?



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Worst text book ever
I can't believe I was forced to buy this book from my school for an Oral Communications class. The book has almost no bearing on communication in an office or business setting. It's overrun with ethics, empathy, and bull about feedback. Even the glossary dosent give straight deffinitions. Instead of a deffinition it gives examples. I HATED THIS BOOK. I can say without exageration that I will use this book for kindling in my fireplace.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Communication style requires options
An earlier reviewer decries the liberal leanings of this text. A college introductory course introduces options in skills available for human communication. This text provides students exercises that help identify their current communication style, the answers to the questions then invite discovery and awareness. Once the reader is aware, the opportunity to examine the communication framework each individual uses and how new communication skills can be employed can begin. This text provides a ... Read More







 






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